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BRAHMAN PRIESTS
A symbol of the mental forms, or ideals, through which the spiritual nature is apprehended.
"And the king gave to the brahmans for his son's (Buddha's) welfare, cows full of milk, with no traces of infirmity, golden-horned, and with strong, healthy calves to the full number of one hundred thousand." - Buddha-Karita, Bk. I. 89.
The gift of cows" signifies the provision of the intuitive perception of spiritual things which is to enable the soul to rise. The "brahmans " are the forms through which spirit is perceived. The "no traces of infirmity is an allusion to the perfect conception of the truth, implanted by involution within the Soul. The "golden horns” are symbols of zeal and love of the true. The myriad calves are the progeny of Buddhi (cow), and are the inexhaustible treasures of the Spirit, i.e. the higher emotions and faculties.
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BUDDHA
CALVES
Cow (milch)
EPHOD
GOLDEN
HORNS
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